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Lake: Career Review

21 Junior Lake OFBATS: Right THROWS: Right HEIGHT: 6’3’’ WEIGHT: 215 MLS: 1+73

FULL NAME: Junior Osvaldo Lake

OPENING DAY AGE: 25

CONTRACT STATUS: Signed thru 2015

SIGNED BY: Jose Serra & Marino Encarnacion

HOW ACQUIRED: Signed as a non-drafted free agent 2/13/07

BORN: 3/27/90 in San Pedro de Macoris,Dominican Republic

RESIDES: San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic

FAMILY: Single

Lake: Facts and InformationJunior made his major league debut in 2013 and is in his ninth pro season in the organization after he was signed as a non-drafted free agent in February of 2007 ... was added to the 40-man roster on November 18, 2011.© Owns a .243 batting average (132-for-544) with 26 doubles, three triples, 15 homers and 41 RBI in 172 major league contests.© Has played 85 games in left field, 63 in center field and one in right field ... owns a .964 fielding percentage (10 E/279 TC) and has five outfield assists.© Began the 2013 season on Triple-A Iowa’s disabled list due to a rib fracture suffered in Spring Training ... activated in June, and in his first action at the

Triple-A level, batted .295 (46-for-156) prior to making his major league debut.© In 633 minor league contests, has batted .271 (628-for-2,319) with 117 doubles, 30 triples, 49 home runs and 267 RBI … has 119 stolen bases and

has been caught stealing 45 times.© Selected as the organization’s eighth-best prospect heading into the 2012 season by Baseball America.© Selected to the 2011 Florida State League mid-season All-Star Game ... named to the 2011 Arizona Fall League Top Prospects Team.

Lake: 2014 SeasonJunior spent a majority of the year with the Cubs after he made his first Opening Day roster ... batted .211 (65-for-308) with 10 doubles, three triples, nine home runs, seven stolen bases and 25 RBI in 108 games for Chicago. © Appeared in 53 games (42 starts) in left field, 36 games (28 starts) in center field and one game in right field ... finished

with a .955 fielding percentage (7 E/155 TC) and three outfield assists.© Had a nearly identical average against lefthanders (.213) and righthanders (.210).© Batted .357 (5-for-14) in extra innings.© Recorded a season-high three hits on three occasions: May 3 vs. St. Louis, May 12 at St. Louis and May

21 vs. the Yankees.© Tied his career high with a nine-game hitting streak, May 12-23 ... hit .375 (15-for-40) with five

doubles, two home runs, nine RBI and a 1.031 OPS ... was his third career nine-game hitting streak.© Set a career mark with six RBI, May 12 at St. Louis, going 3-for-6 with two doubles, two runs and a

home run.w Was the fifth time a Cubs No. 2 hitter had six RBI in a game, joining Charlie Hollocher (Aug. 25, 1922

vs. Philadelphia), Lee Walls (April 24, 1958 at Dodgers) and Ryne Sandberg (May 31, 1983 vs. Houston and June 23, 1984 vs. St. Louis).

© Drew a career-high two walks, May 30 in Milwaukee.© Recorded his second career multi-homer effort, June 7 vs. the Marlins.© Optioned to Triple-A Iowa following the game, August 15 at the Mets.© Batted .262 (17-for-65) with three doubles, two home runs and seven RBI in 14 games with Iowa before he

was recalled, September 2.© Played 42 games for Estrellas de Oriente in the Dominican Winter League ... hit .243 (34-for-140) with two

home runs and 12 RBI ... drew 30 walks.

2013: Junior made his major league debut, appearing in 64 games following his promotion to Chicago, July 19 ... all told, hit .284 (67-for-236) with 16 doubles, six home runs and 16 RBI ... played 32 games in left field and 27 in center field.© His 67 hits following the All-Star break ranked second among N.L.

rookies (Miami’s Christian Yelich, 69) and fourth among all rookies.© Hit .377 (23-for-61) against southpaws, the ninth-highest average in

the N.L. following his promotion on July 19.© Had two career-high nine-game hitting streaks, done August 18-26

(.366/15-for-41) and August 31-September 12 (.448/13-for-29). © Made his major league debut, July 19 in Colorado, going 3-for-4 as the

starting center fielder.w Was the first Cub with three hits in his big league debut since

Kosuke Fukudome on March 31, 2008 vs. Milwaukee.© Began his big league career with a seven-game hitting streak, the first

Cub to do so since Jerome Walton’s seven-game hitting streak in 1989.w Had 15 hits in his first seven games, the most by any Cubs player

through his first seven big league contests since at least 1916.w Since 1921, only one other player recorded as many as 15

hits within his first seven games with the Cubs - George Kelly, a veteran player in 1930.

© Recorded his first career multi-homer game, August 1 vs. the Dodgers, in just his 15th career game.

© Collected two four-hit games within his first 16 career contests, July 22 at Arizona and August 2 vs. the Dodgers.w Is the first Cub since at least 1916 to collect two four-hit affairs

in his first 16 career games, and the first in baseball since Bo Hart did so for St. Louis in 2003.

© Had 34 hits in his first 25 career games, third-most for any Cub, surpassed only by Mandy Brooks in 1925 (41 hits) and Andy Pafko (35) in 1933-34.

© Belted his first career grand slam, September 6 vs. Milwaukee’s Kyle Lohse.

© Began the year on Iowa’s disabled list due to a rib fracture suffered during Spring Training ... made his season debut in June and hit .295 (46-for-156) with 10 doubles, two triples, four homers and 18 RBI in 40 games for the I-Cubs prior to his call-up.

© Hit .343 (36-for-105) in 27 games for Estrellas de Oriente in the Dominican Winter League.

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2012: Junior hit .279 (113-for-405) with 10 homers and 50 RBI while stealing 21 bases in 103 games with Double-A Tennessee.© Set career-highs in doubles (26) and OPS (.773). © Recorded a season-high 12-game hitting streak from July 15-30 … bat-

ted .364 (20-for-55) with six doubles, three home runs, 13 RBI and 10 runs during the stretch.

© Reached base safely in 22-straight games from July 7-August 1 … logged a .311 (28-for-90) batting average during the run.

© His .298 (28-for-94) batting average in May was the best of any month. © Registered his lone multi-homer game of the season, July 25 at Jackson

… finished 2-for-4 with three runs scored, two home runs and four RBI. © Was 43-for-143 (.301) in the first half of the season … recorded six

home runs and 40 RBI after the All-Star break. © Missed over a month of action when he was placed on Tennessee’s

seven-day D.L. on April 5 due to a back strain … was activated on May 6. © Batted .312 (48-for-154) in 44 games with Estrellas de Oriente in the

Dominican Winter League.

2011: Junior split the campaign between Single-A Daytona and Double-A Tennessee, and combined to bat .279 (124-for-445) with career highs in runs scored (80), doubles (21), home runs (12), RBI (51) and steals (38).© His 38 stolen bases led the Cubs farm system ... was caught stealing

just six times.© Batted .315 (64-for-203) in 49 games with Daytona to begin the

season, and garnered a nod to the Florida State League All-Star Game.© Recorded a .327 batting average (17-for-52) off southpaws at the

Single-A level.© Promoted to Double-A, May 30, and went on to hit .248 (60-for-242) in

67 games.© Landed on the seven-day disabled list, July 10-24, with a right shoulder

strain.© Led the Arizona Fall League with 18 stolen bases in 18 attempts for the

Mesa Solar Sox ... named the player of the week for the third week of the season, hitting .455 (10-for-22) during that span.w Named to the AFL Top Prospects Team as a shortstop.

2010: Appeared in 120 games for Single-A Daytona, hitting .264 (104-for-394) with a then career-high nine home runs and 46 RBI ... had a .308 batting average (33-for-107) off southpaws.© Batted .279 (17-for-61) in June and .302 (29-for-96) in July after post-

ing a .209 average (24-for-115) in 38 games in the first two months of the season.

© Seven of his nine homers came in July ... all told, seven of his nine blasts were hit off righthanders.

2009: Junior batted .248 (115-for-463) in 131 games for Single-A Peoria ... his seven homers surpassed the five he hit in his first two seasons combined (109 games) ... had 19 doubles and seven triples.

2008: Posted a career-best .286 batting average (48-for-168) with Rookie-League Mesa ... had 23 RBI and 12 extra-base hits and 12 stolen bases in 47 games.

2007: Junior made his professional debut with the Cubs Dominican Summer League squad ... he batted .274 (61-for-223) with 16 doubles, two triples, three homers and 30 RBI in 62 contests.

Lake: Career Statistics and TransactionsYEAR TEAM AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB-CS E OBP SLG2007 — DSL Cubs-R .274 62 223 41 61 16 2 3 30 3 0 7 16 53 9-3 16 .341 .4042008 — Mesa-R .286 47 168 24 48 4 6 2 23 0 3 1 13 42 12-2 20 .335 .4172009 — Peoria-A .248 131 463 71 115 19 7 7 42 4 4 2 18 138 10-7 42 .277 .3652010 — Daytona-A .264 120 394 56 104 18 4 9 46 8 3 7 35 99 13-9 41 .333 .3982011 — Daytona-A .315 49 203 39 64 11 4 6 34 2 3 2 6 49 19-4 14 .336 .498 Tennessee-AA .248 67 242 41 60 10 2 6 17 2 0 5 13 60 19-2 20 .300 .3802012 — Tennessee-AA .279 103 405 56 113 26 3 10 50 2 2 4 35 105 21-12 32 .341 .4322013 — Iowa-AAA .295 40 156 30 46 10 2 4 18 0 2 2 10 33 14-5 9 .341 .462 CUBS .284 64 236 26 67 16 0 6 16 1 0 4 13 68 4-4 3 .332 .4282014 — CUBS .211 108 308 30 65 10 3 9 25 1 2 1 14 110 7-3 7 .246 .351 Iowa-AAA .262 14 65 11 17 3 0 2 7 0 0 0 6 15 2-1 1 .324 .400MAJOR LEAGUE TOTALS .243 172 544 56 132 26 3 15 41 2 2 5 27 178 11-7 10 .284 .384MINOR LEAGUE TOTALS .271 633 2319 369 628 117 30 49 267 21 17 30 152 594 119-45 195 .322 .411

PCT G PO A E TC DP 2014/CAREER PCT G PO A E TC DP.959 53 91 2 4 97 1 Left Field .974 85 144 3 4 151 1.948 36 54 1 3 58 0 Center Field .953 63 120 2 6 128 1— 1 0 0 0 0 0 Right Field — 1 0 0 0 0 0.955 145 3 7 155 1 M.L. TOTALS .964 264 5 10 279 2

JUNIOR LAKE’S CAREER TRANSACTIONS2007 — Signed by Cubs as a non-drafted free agent 2/13 (scouts: Jose Serra and Marino Encarnacion)

JUNIOR LAKE’S CAREER HIGHSMOST HITS: 4 (2x) — last, 8/2/13 vs. Dodgers MOST RBI: 6 — 5/12/14 @ Cardinals MOST RUNS: 2 (12x) — last, 6/24/14 vs. RedsMOST WALKS: 2 — 5/30/14 @ Brewers MOST DOUBLES: 2 (3x) — last, 5/12/14 @ Cardinals

TWO-HR GAMES: 2 — 8/1/13 vs. Dodgers, 6/7/14 vs. MarlinsLEADOFF HOMERS: 1 — 4/12/14 @ Cardinals (Adam Wainwright)GRAND SLAMS: 1 — 9/6/13 vs. Brewers (Kyle Lohse)LONGEST HITTING STREAK: 9 games (3x) — last, 5/12-23/14

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FULL NAmEGerardo Enrique Parra

OPENING DAy 2015 AGE27

BIRThDATE5/6/87 in Santa Barbara, VZ

RESIDES Santa Barbara, VZ

hEIGhT/WEIGhT5-11/210

BATS/ThROWSLeft/Left

mAjOR LEAGUE SERvIcE5 years, 145 days

hOW AcqUIREDFrom Arizona in exchange for

OF Mitch Haniger and LHP Anthony Banda on 7/31/14

cONTRAcT STATUSSigned through the 2015 season

GAmE BESTS/mIScELLANEOUShITS

5, 8/24/13 at Phi & 6/24/14 vs. Cle

hOmE RUNS2, 7/31/11 at LA

RBI5, 8/27/13 vs. SD

RUNS4, 6/4/14 at Col

GRAND SLAmS1, 4/22/12 vs. Atl

WALK-OFF hOmE RUNSNone

PINch-hIT hOmE RUNS1, 4/16/12 vs. Pit

mULTI-hOmER GAmES1, 7/31/11 at LA (2hr)

hITTING STREAK13 games, 4/14-4/28, 2013

2014 NOTES•Batted .261 with 9 HR and 40 RBI in 150 games between Arizona and Milwaukee•Made 126 starts (101g in RF, 18g in LF, 7g in CF)•Wasafinalist foraGoldGloveAward in right fieldalongwith theBraves’ JasonHeyward(winner)andMarlins’GiancarloStanton

• TiedforfifthintheNationalLeagueinoutfieldassists(9)•Began the season with the Diamondbacks and batted .259 with 6 HR and 30 RBI in 104

games, including 98 starts (96g in RF, 2g in CF)•Scored a career-high 4 runs in a 16-8 win on 6/4 at Colorado•Tied his career high with 5 hits in a 9-8, 14-inning win on 6/24 vs. Cleveland (5-7, 2r, 2b, 1bb)•Was traded to Milwaukee on 7/31 in exchange for OF Mitch Haniger and LHP Anthony Banda•Batted .268 with 3 HR and 10 RBI in 46 games with the Brewers•Made 28 starts with the Brewers (18g in LF, 5g in CF, 5g in RF)• HisfirsthitasaBrewerwasago-aheadsolohomerintheseventhinningoffJeanMachion

8/5 vs. San Francisco (won, 4-3) •Signed a 1-year contract on 1/16/15, avoiding arbitration

PERSONAL/mIScELLANEOUS• Ismarried.....wife’snameisTania.....hasasonnamedGerardoJr.•Donates baseball equipment to Venezuelan youth•Follow him on Twitter (@88_gparra)

cAREER NOTES2013•Batted .268 with 10 HR, 48 RBI and 10 stolen bases in 156 games with Arizona•Made 147 starts (114g in RF, 29g in CF, 4g in LF)•WonhissecondGoldGloveAward(rightfield).....becamethefirstplayertowintheoutfield-specificawardatseparatepositions(leftfieldin2011)

• TiedtheRoyals’AlexGordonfortheMajorLeagueleadinoutfieldassists(17)•Established career highs for home runs (10), doubles (43), runs (79), hits (161), walks (48),

games (156) and at-bats (601)•His 43 doubles tied for third in the National League•From 4/14-4/28 produced a career-high 13-game hitting streak, batting .333 (17-for-51, 1rbi)

during the streak•Had a career-high 5 hits in a 12-7, 18-inning win on 8/24 at Philadelphia (5-9, 2b, 3rbi, 1bb)•Notched a career-high 5 RBI in a 10-9, 10-inning win on 8/27 vs. San Diego•Hit 4 leadoff homers: 4/3 vs. St. Louis, 5/12 vs. Philadelphia, 5/18 at Miami and 6/1 at Chicago-NL•Played for Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic and went 0-for-8 with 2 walks in 3 games•Following the year played for Caracas in the Venezuelan Winter League (26g, .360, 2hr, 10rbi)

2012•Batted .273 with 7 HR, 36 RBI and 15 stolen bases in 133 games with Arizona•Made 90 starts (44g in CF, 33g in LF, 13g in RF)• Hithisfirstcareerpinch-hithomerina5-1winon4/16vs.PittsburghoffChrisResop(solo)• Beltedhisfirstcareergrandslamina6-4winon4/22vs.AtlantaoffRandallDelgado•Following the year played for Zulia in the Venezuelan Winter League (37g, .295, 4hr, 17rbi)

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2011•Batted .292 with 8 HR, 46 RBI and 15 stolen bases in 141 games

with Arizona.....made 124 starts (117g in LF, 6g in RF, 1g in CF)•WonhisfirstGoldGloveAward(leftfield)•His 12 outfield assists tied theRockies’CarlosGonzalez for the

National League lead• Recordedthefirst2-homergameofhiscareerina6-3winon7/31

at Los Angeles (off Rubby De La Rosa and Hong-Chih Kuo)•Madehisfirstcareerappearanceinthepostseasonandbatted.056

(1-for-18) in 5 games vs. Milwaukee in the NLDS•Following the year played for Zulia in the Venezuelan Winter

League (19g, .250, 0hr, 4rbi)

2010•Batted .261 with 3 HR and 30 RBI in 133 games with Arizona•Made 93 starts (63g in LF, 27g in RF, 3g in CF)•Had two stints with the D-backs (Opening Day-5/8 and 5/19-end)• TiedforsixthintheNationalLeagueinoutfieldassists(9)•Following the year played for Zulia in the Venezuelan Winter

League (43g, .287, 2hr, 17rbi) 2009•Began the season at Double-A Mobile and batted .361 with 3 HR

and 12 RBI in 29 games•Contract was selected by Arizona on 5/13•Batted .290 with 5 HR and a career-high 60 RBI in 120 games with

the D-backs.....made 106 starts (66g in LF, 34g in CF, 6g in RF)•MadehisMajorLeaguedebuton5/13vs.Cincinnatiashestartedincenterfieldandwent1-for-4withasolohomeroffJohnnyCuetoinhisfirstcareerplateappearance

•Played for Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic and was 1-for-9 with a walk in 6 games

•Following the year played for Zulia in the Venezuelan Winter League (18g, .333, 0hr, 11rbi)

2008•Batted a combined .286 with 6 HR, 52 RBI and 28 stolen bases in

123 games between Class-A Visalia and Double-A Mobile•Was ranked by Baseball AmericaashavingtheSouthernLeague’sbestoutfieldarm

•Following the year played for Zulia in the Venezuelan Winter League (63g, .329, 7hr, 44rbi)

2007•Batted a combined .313 with 8 HR, 71 RBI and 26 stolen bases

in 134 games between Class-A South Bend and Class-A Visalia•Won the Midwest League batting title (.320)•Was named to the Midwest League Postseason All-Star Team•Was ranked by Baseball America as the best batting prospect and bestoutfieldarmintheMidwestLeague

•Following the year played for Zulia in the Venezuelan Winter League (46g, .291, 1hr, 17rbi)

2006•Batted .328 with 4 HR, 43 RBI and 23 stolen bases in 69 games

at Rookie Missoula•Tied for the Pioneer League lead in hits (89)•Following the year played for Zulia in the Venezuelan Winter

League (18g, .322, 0hr, 5rbi) 2005•Batted .384 with 6 HR, 45 RBI and 26 stolen bases in 64 games

with the Rookie Dominican Summer League Diamondbacks during hisfirstprofessionalseason

•Won the Dominican Summer League batting title (.384)

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cAREER TRANSAcTIONS - OPTIONS REmAINING (3)2004 • Signed with Arizona as a non-drafted free agent on 8/30.....signed by Marlon Urdaneta

2014 • Acquired by Milwaukee from Arizona in exchange for OF Mitch Haniger and LHP Anthony Banda on 7/31

PLAyING cAREER OBP: Career (.326), 2014 (.308) SLG: Career (.395), 2014 (.369) year club AvG G AB R h 2B 3B hR RBI Sh SF hP BB SO SB cS E 2005 DSL D-backs-R .384 64 237 53 91 14 5 6 45 0 3 6 22 25 26 10 - 2006 Missoula-R .328 69 271 46 89 18 4 4 43 0 4 3 25 30 23 7 4 2007 South Bend-A .320 110 444 64 142 25 4 6 57 1 5 8 30 51 24 8 10 Visalia-A .284 24 102 11 29 2 1 2 14 0 3 0 4 17 2 3 1 2008 Visalia-A .301 50 196 26 59 8 4 2 19 1 1 3 23 31 12 4 4 Mobile-AA .275 73 265 35 73 14 6 4 33 3 5 5 24 34 16 9 7 2009 Mobile-AA .361 29 108 23 39 3 1 3 12 0 0 0 22 13 7 4 1 ARIZONA .290 120 455 59 132 21 8 5 60 4 6 1 25 89 5 7 6 2010 ARIZONA .261 133 364 31 95 19 6 3 30 3 1 2 23 76 1 0 4 Reno-AAA .417 9 36 8 15 4 0 1 7 1 0 1 2 5 3 1 2 2011 ARIZONA .292 141 445 55 130 20 8 8 46 0 2 3 43 82 15 1 3 2012 ARIZONA .273 133 385 58 105 21 2 7 36 6 2 4 33 77 15 9 4 2013 ARIZONA .268 156 601 79 161 43 4 10 48 7 4 3 48 100 10 10 5 2014 ARIZONA .259 104 406 51 105 18 3 6 30 4 2 4 24 72 5 5 4 MILWAUKEE .268 46 123 13 33 4 1 3 10 2 0 1 8 28 4 2 3 Milwaukee Totals .268 46 123 13 33 4 1 3 10 2 0 1 8 28 4 2 3 major League Totals .274 833 2779 346 761 146 32 42 260 26 17 18 204 524 55 34 29 minor League Totals .324 428 1659 266 537 88 25 28 230 6 21 26 152 206 113 46 29

Bold Italics - Led League

cAREER FIELDING Position PcT G PO A E Tc DPOutfield .982 767 1521 63 29 1613 13

Note:RawlingsNLGoldGloveAwardwinnerinleftfieldin2011andinrightfieldin2013;wasafinalistinrightfieldin2014

DIvISION SERIES REcORD year club/Opp AvG G AB R h 2B 3B hR RBI Sh SF hP BB SO SB cS E 2011 ARI vs. Mil .056 5 18 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 0

DID yOU KNOW.....

GerardoParrahad63outfieldassistssince2009enteringthisseason,whichrankedthirdintheMajorLeaguesbehindonlyJoseBautista(67)andAlexGordon(64).